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Cheese Baked Rice with Pork (焗豬扒飯)

Thursday, 8 January 2009

Hong Kong-style cafes (茶餐厅) became a big hit in Malaysia a few years ago and you can easily find lots of such cafes now in KL/ PJ. Kim Gary Restaurant (金加利茶餐廳) was the first HK-style cafe that I've been to in Malaysia and since then, I've been a frequent visitor. The Sweetened Condensed Milk & Peanut Butter Thick Toast is to die for and for drinks, HK-style milk tea (Yuanyang,鸳鸯) is a must-have. I tried my first ever cheese baked rice there and it was something new and interesting to me. I love the combination of cheese, tomato sauce and rice but Jeff doesn't like the idea of having rice with cheese. His comment: "Pork chop and sauce, very tasty. Sauce and rice, yummy. Pork chop, sauce and rice, very nice. Cheese and rice...weird, please don't do that!" If it wasn't for him, I would have drown my rice in cheese.

A typical HK-style cheese baked rice with pork chop consists of lightly fried rice, fried pork chops, tomato-based sauce and cheese. I didn't fry the rice as I was a bit lazy and tired from lab work. I used pork shoulder steaks instead of pork chop as I prefer this cut. I used a bit of Sweet Thai Chili sauce for the sauce to give it a bit of kick.

Ingredients:

2 rice cups Rice - cooked (1 rice cup=180ml)

4 pieces Pork shoulder steaks - cut into half

1 large Onion - cut into wedges

3 Bell Peppers (different colours) - cut into strips

3 small Tomatoes - diced

Cheese

Marinade:

1 tsp Salt

1 tsp White Pepper

1 tsp Light Soya Sauce

1 tbs Corn Starch

Sauce:

2 tbs Shaoxing Wine

1 cup Water

4 tbs Tomato Sauce

2 tbs Sweet Thai Chili Sauce

1 tbs Worcestershire Sauce

2 tsp Light Soya Sauce

1 tsp White Pepper

1 tsp Brown Sugar

Salt

Corn Starch Slurry

Directions:
For pork:

Mix slices of pork in marinade and leave for at least 30 mins.

Pan fry pork slices until brown on both sides. Leave aside for later use.

Your snaps are looking pretty darn fabulous... BTW udon... I love it with Curry too, I treat udon like Pasta...there is this shop here in Tokyo a chain called Coco's and they sell Udon with Curry... I like HK style food but I don't think I've ever had the pleasure... What part of GB are you in? I miss London so much = (

Girl Japan: Thanks! I'm liking my new dslr! Still not very satisfied with the lighting. I love the texture of udon, I can just eat it with everything. I just moved out from London to Stevenage this Summer =(